Food Challenge Results

It is now more than 20 days beyond the 30 day paleo food challenge. And while I don't agree with the premise behind the diet, I cannot argue with the results.

6.4 lbs lost
3% body fat lost
0.6 lbs muscle gained
1.75 inches lost in my waist
0.75 inches lost in my hips
0.25 inches lost in my neck

WOW! 30 days of eating no sugar, no butter, no processed foods, no legumes, no white potatoes, no dairy, no alcohol. Wow.

I knew I'd been doing well in those last couple of weeks. My clothes weren't as tight. My face and neck wasn't so puffy. I'd been synching my belt a bit tighter. But, seeing the numbers was a rush of emotion. I made a point not to step on the scale during the challenge. I'm glad I did that. I couldn't believe how much weight I'd lost in that short time. And guess what. 20 days later, I'm down another 2 pounds (maybe even 3!). My scale at home is just a typical bathroom scale. I should make an appointment to get weighed and dunked again at the end of the year, or maybe on my one year anniversary at Roots. :-)

I haven't been as strict as I was during the food challenge. But, for the most part, I am sticking to the paleo thing. The weekends are very hard to be focused on food. So, I'm trying not to sweat it too much. Also, the birthdays and holidays are upon us. So, I've had birthday cake a few times. And yet, I have still lost more weight and more inches as well (according to my belt).

I think I may need to buy new clothes. :-)

My food and nutrition plan is to be as strict as I can, especially during the week, eating paleo. Weekends are just whatever right now. Yesterday I bought a nutrition notebook so I can keep track of what I'm eating and how I'm feeling. That really helped a lot during the challenge. That way I can tweak things if I need to. I have noticed that eating sugar really makes me angry. And gives me a headache. So, that's good to know.